June 29, 2009
Richard Stevens:
Roger Danka and I drove up to Cheesman Park (Jefferson) to try and relocate some of the American Three-toed Woodpeckers found a few days earlier by Bryan and Sue Ehlmann. Also we hoped to find a Red-headed Woodpecker or Lewis's Woodpecker reported in previous years.
On the trip south we stopped at three locations where Northern Pygmy-Owls were found in the past. One Northern Pygmy-Owl answered our recordings just south of where Deckers Road turns from paved to gravel.
A walk along highway 126 west (uphill) to the old green trailer did not find either Red-headed Woodpeckers or Lewis's Woodpeckers. We did see a Cordilleran Flycatcher, Green-tailed Towhee, and MacGillivray's Warbler along the creek.
Our hike up the Cheesman Canyon Trail to the reservoir found 5 American Three-toed Woodpeckers. Three species of nuthatches wandered around the west side of Cheesman Reservoir.
On the return trip to Denver we went by the Winkler Ranch (Douglas) south of Castlewood Canyon State Park. We counted at least 3 male and a female Bobolink at 0.2 miles south of the Ranch entrance.
Richard Stevens:
Roger Danka and I drove up to Cheesman Park (Jefferson) to try and relocate some of the American Three-toed Woodpeckers found a few days earlier by Bryan and Sue Ehlmann. Also we hoped to find a Red-headed Woodpecker or Lewis's Woodpecker reported in previous years.
On the trip south we stopped at three locations where Northern Pygmy-Owls were found in the past. One Northern Pygmy-Owl answered our recordings just south of where Deckers Road turns from paved to gravel.
A walk along highway 126 west (uphill) to the old green trailer did not find either Red-headed Woodpeckers or Lewis's Woodpeckers. We did see a Cordilleran Flycatcher, Green-tailed Towhee, and MacGillivray's Warbler along the creek.
Our hike up the Cheesman Canyon Trail to the reservoir found 5 American Three-toed Woodpeckers. Three species of nuthatches wandered around the west side of Cheesman Reservoir.
On the return trip to Denver we went by the Winkler Ranch (Douglas) south of Castlewood Canyon State Park. We counted at least 3 male and a female Bobolink at 0.2 miles south of the Ranch entrance.
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